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Malcolm Morrison

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Lisa

Lisa Report 4 Oct 2012 19:31

Trying to find any info about a Malcolm Morrison.. He was born around 1856, possibly in Paisley Scotland and married a Grace Giles in plymouth 1878.. Any help would be very much appriciated..

Regards
Lisa

lostmeboardname

lostmeboardname Report 4 Oct 2012 19:57

have you found them on any census ??

Researching:
Feakes (Worcestershire) Kirby (Worcestershire)

Flip

Flip Report 4 Oct 2012 19:59

The marriage is on freebmd, but have you got any more information about either of them - and what sort of info are you looking for, his ancestry or what happened to them after their marriage?

Researching:
Anything & everything! No the photo is no longer my g-grandmother (or at least I don't think it is)

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 4 Oct 2012 20:07

How do you know the Malcolm Morrison b 1856 Paisley on the 1871 census is the one that married in 1878

Name: Malcolm Morrison
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Relation: Boy 2 Cl (Boy)
Gender: Male
Where born: Paisley, Scotland
Civil parish: Vessels
Town: Hamoaze
County/Island: Devon
Country: England
Registration district: Stoke Damerel
Sub-registration district: Tamar
ED, institution, or vessel: Implacable
Household schedule number: 1
Piece: 2141
Folio: 58
Page Number: 11

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Lisa

Lisa Report 4 Oct 2012 20:10

Hi. I found him in the 1871 census aboard his ship in Devonport Plymouth England. I know he married my 3xgrdmother and they had a daughter called Jane Morrison. It seems after the 1881 census he has just disappeared, leaving his wife my gran who had another child but gave him the middle name Morrison but surname of her new man Robert Farrell. Basically were trying to establish where Malcolm moved to and why she never married Robert Farrell??I found him entered in the census as being born in Paisley Scotland.. :)

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 4 Oct 2012 20:20

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/royal-naval-seamen.htm

(Navy Record could be on above £3.36 to download)


Morrison, Malcolm
Place of Birth: Paisley, Renfrew
28 February 1855

Chris :)

Lisa

Lisa Report 4 Oct 2012 20:25

Thank you so much Chris, hopefully it will help with his whereabouts.. Many many thanks :)

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 4 Oct 2012 20:30

Groom's Forenames:Malcolm
Groom's Surname:Morrison (Seaman HMS Pelican)
Groom's Age:
Groom's parish:
Event Year:1878
Event Month:Jan
Event Day:1
Bride's Forenames:Grace
Bride's Surname:Giles
Bride's Age:19
Bride's Parish:
Place:Plymouth
Parish:St Peter
County:Devon
Page:51
Groom's Father's Forenames:Peter
Groom's Father's Surname:Morrison (Seaman)
Bride's Father's Forenames:John
Bride's Father's Surname:Giles (Fisherman)
Event Type:Marriage
Record source:Devon Marriages - Transcripts
Data provider:Devon Family History Society

Chris :)

Lisa

Lisa Report 4 Oct 2012 23:00

I've discovered he didnt die and continued to serve in the navy until 1896!! s
I'm wondering if he moved back to scotland and started a new life leaving his wife and children in plymouth! Thanks for the help Chris, my next challenge is to try and find more info on his father Peter :) Finding records in Scotland may prove difficult..


Regards
Lisa